7:39 PM,
Mar. 1, 2013

Seven women who work at this Indianapolis hair salon, Lou's Creative Styler, are claiming they are being denied their shares of a $9.5 million lottery ticket that a co-worker purchased on their behalf as part of an office lottery pool.

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A Marion County judge Friday extended an order blocking the Indiana Lottery Commission from paying a $9.5 million jackpot that is at the center of a dispute among eight co-workers at a Lawrence hair styling salon.

The request came from seven employees of Lou's Creative Styles in Lawrence. The women contend they should share in the winnings from a ticket held by another co-worker, Christina Shaw, who purchased tickets for the a group with money they pooled at the shop.

Marion Superior Judge Heather Welch had issued a temporary order last week prohibiting the payout, and extended that ban ...